I. V. Sasi

i v sasi, i v sasi daughter weddingIrruppam Veedu Sasidaran 28 March 1948 – 24 October 2017, better known as I V Sasi, was an Indian film director who made over 150 films in various Indian languages He is well known for his work in Malayalam cinema of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, although he directed a few Tamil and Hindi films as well In 2015, he was awarded the J C Daniel Award, the highest award in Malayalam cinema

Contents

1 Early and personal life

2 Career

3 Death

4 Awards

5 Selected filmography

51 Malayalam

52 Tamil

53 Hindi

54 Telugu

55 Trivia

6 References

7 External links

Early and personal life

I V Sasi was born on 28 March 1948 in West Hill near Kozhikode, as the son of IV Chandran and Kausalya He married Malayalam film actress Seema on 28 August 1980 He met her on the set of his film Avalude Raavukkal Ever since, she has been his favorite heroine They have worked together in more than 30 movies He has two children, daughter Anu and son Ani Anu has acted in Symphony, directed by her father Anu got married to Milan Nair on 10 December 2010 Ani completed Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai and is an budding director himself I V Sasi lived with his family in Chennai

Career

I V Sasi started his film career as an art director Later, after working as an assistant director in some films, he directed his first film at the age of 27 Though his name was not mentioned in the credits, the film turned out to be a huge success He started his directorial career officially with his first film Ulsavam Soon he carved out a name for himself in the Malayalam film industry His films were known for their uniqueness and always contained a stamp of his directorial style I V Sasi has directed more than 170 odd films over a span of 34 years and has constantly delivered super hits and some of them classified as classics or good cinema His Malayalam film Avalude Raavukal permanently established his name in the industry This film was later dubbed into many other Indian languages including Hindi It was the second film in Malayalam to be rated as "Adults only" even though it was a drama

I V Sasi introduced actor Mammootty as a hero in his film Thrishna Mammootty-I V Sasi combination was one of the most successful and bankable ones in Malayalam cinema One of Mohanlal's first breaks as a co-hero Ineyengillum was also directed by I V Sasi He also introduced actor Jose Other collaborations such as MT Vasudevan Nair-I V Sasi, Padmarajan-I V Sasi, and TDamodaran-I V Sasi are well remembered He worked with Mammootty on more than 35 films He went on to direct one of Mohanlal's biggest hits, Devaasuram, which was scripted by Ranjith He has directed films in several other languages, such as Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil He has directed Kamal Haasan in films like Guru, Allauddinum Arputha Vilakkum, Karishma and Eeta He introduced Rajinikanth to Malayalam film industry with Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum 1979, and also made the Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Kaali with Rajinikanth in the lead role He has directed Hindi movies as Patita Mithun Chakraborty, Anokha Rishta Rajesh Khanna and Smita Patil, Pratishodh 1980, Karishma etc His most critically acclaimed Hindi film was Anokha Rishta with Rajesh Khanna in the lead which was remake of Kanamarayathu His biggest blockbuster in Tamil was Ore Vaanam Ore Bhoomi starring K R Vijaya , Seema and Jaishankar in 1979,which was remade in Malayalam as Ezhamkadalinakkare

He has directed Malayalam movies in many genres His war-themed movie 1921, written by screenwriter T Damodaran, was the first Malayalam movie to be nominated in the Italian Film Festival His Ina was the first Malayalam movie about child marriage In 1982, he shared The Indian National film Awards' "The Nargis Dutt award" for the best feature film on national integration for his film Aaroodam with its producer Rosamma George Ezhamkadalinakkare is the first Malayalam film to shoot in North America, with Manhattan being one of its locations The song "Suralokajaladhaara" was filmed near in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

IV Sasi served as the director of the second edition All Lights India International Film Festival, which was held at Ramoji Film City, the world’s largest film studio at Hyderabad, India from 24th to 27th Sept 2016

Death

I V Sasi died at his home in Saligramam, Chennai on 24 October 2017 at the age of 69 at 10:30 am, due to a massive heart attack He suffered from various ailments during his final years, like diabetes and high blood pressure He survived a major stroke in 2006 and was undergoing treatment for cancer at the time of his death He was cremated with full state honours at Chennai Porur Crematorium He is survived by his wife, two children, children-in-law and grandchildren

Awards

National Film Awards

1982: The Nargis Dutt Award for the best feature film on National Integration - Aaroodam

Kerala State Film Awards

1976: Best Art Director - Anubhavam

1984: Second Best Film - Aalkkoottathil Thaniye

1988: Best Popular Film - 1921

1989: Best Director - Mrigaya

2015: J C Daniel Award

Filmfare Awards South

1977: Best Director - Itha Ivide Vare

1978: Best Director - Eetta

2015: Lifetime Achievement Award

Other awards

2016 : Lifetime Achievement Award by Ernakulam District Pravasi Association RiyadhEDPA for his eternal contribution to the Malayalam Film Industry on Metro Fest 2016

Selected filmography

Malayalam

Utsavam 1975

Anubhavam 1976

Aalinganam 1976

Ayalkari 1976

Abhinandanam 1976

Aasheervaadam 1977

Anjali 1977

Akale Aakaasham 1977

Angeekaaram 1977

Abhinivesham 1977

Itha Ivide Vare 1977

Aa Nimisham 1977

Aanandam Paramaanandam 1977

Anthardaaham 1977

Hridayame Sakshi 1977

Innale Innu 1977

Oonjaal 1977

Ee Manohara Theeram 1978

Anumodanam 1978

Avalude Ravukal 1978

Amarsham 1978

Ithaa Oru Manushyan 1978

Vadakakku Oru Hridayam 1978

Njan Njan Mathram 1978

Eeta 1978

Iniyum Puzhayozhukum 1978

Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum 1979

Manasa Vacha Karmana 1979

Anubhavangale Nanni 1979

Ezhamkadalinakkare 1979

Aarattu 1979

Ivar 1980

Angaadi 1980

Kaanthavalayam 1980

Karimpana 1980

Meen 1980

Ashwaradham 1980

Orikkal Koodi 1981

Thushaaram 1981

Thrishna 1981

Hamsa Geetham 1981

Ahimsa 1981

Ee Naadu 1982

Ina 1982

Thadakam 1982

John Jaffer Janardhanan 1982

Sindoora Sandhyakku Mounam 1982

Innallenkil Naale 1982

America America 1983

Iniyengilum 1983

Naanayam 1983

Kaikeyi 1983

Aaroodam 1983

Uyarangalil 1984

Athirathram 1984

Lakshman Rekha 1984

Aalkkoottathil Thaniye 1984

Adiyozhukkukal 1984

Aksharangal 1984

Kanamarayathu 1984

Rangam 1985

Anubandham 1985

Angadikkappurathu 1985

Idanilangal 1985

Karimbinpoovinakkare 1985

Abhayam Thedi 1986

Koodanayum Kattu 1986

Vartha 1986

Aavanazhi 1986

Ithrayum Kalam 1987

Adimakal Udamakal 1987

Vrutham 1987

Nalkavala 1987

Abkari 1988

Anuragi 1988

1921 1988

Mukthi 1988

Aksharathettu 1989

Mrigaya 1989

Varthamanakaalam 1990

Arhatha 1990

Midhya 1990

Bhoomika 1991

Inspector Balram 1991

Neelagiri 1991

Kallanum Polisum 1992

Apaaratha 1992

Devasuram 1993

Padhavi 1993

Arthana 1993

The City 1994

Varnapakittu 1997

Anubhoothi 1997

Aayiram Meni 1999

Sradha 2000

Aabharanacharthu 2002

Ee Naadu Innale Vare 2002

Symphony 2003

Balram vs Tharadas 2006

Vellathooval 2009

Tamil

Allauddinum Arputha Vilakkum 1979

Pagalil Oru Iravu 1979

Ore Vaanam Ore Bhoomi 1979

Guru 1980

Kaali 1980

Illam 1987

Kolangal 1995

Hindi

Patita 1980

Karishma 1984

Anokha Rishta 1986

Telugu

Kaali 1980

Trivia

IVSasi and Hariharan were very close friends when Hariharan was very busy in work he recommended him to Vijaya Nirmala to do a movie He directed some movie for others before get into full own direction Kavitha is one of the movie and credit had gone Vijaya Nirmala

References

^ "I V Sasi dead" addieu 24 October 2017

^ "Cinema is Sasi's wife: Seema" The New Indian Express

^ http://wwwmathrubhumicom/movies/interview/43461/

^ Sanjith Sidhardhan 14 April 2012 "Mollywood goes to America" The Times of India Retrieved 8 May 2016

^ Deepa Soman 24 August 2015 "'Two countries' song shot near Niagra Falls" The Times of India Retrieved 8 May 2016

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